COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOW-SMOKE, ZERO-HALOGEN COMPOUNDS FOR WIRE AND CABLE APPLICATIONS

摘要

The choice to use low-smoke, zero-halogen cable jackets is becoming increasing popular in certain applications, allowed by advances in materials expertise that overcame many of the historical difficulties of this class of cable jacket. Test method optimization has occurred in order to better predict how the jacket will perform in the field, and these tests have been used to understand how certain filler and polymer choices affect the jacket performance. These same sets of tests are also used to compare commercially available low-smoke, zero-halogen jackets, in order to evaluate how well the different jackets balance the potentially conflicting property requirements. Analyzing various jackets highlights the variation in properties and quality that can be seen.